Originally Posted by
walkerwek1958
Not sure I’m convinced by this ‘ new production facility’ story, I reckon the 1861 mainplate is v. similar to the 321, some mods required but nothing like starting from scratch. The rest of the bits can be remanufactured. Putting it simply, the price premium over the moonwatch doesn’t add up, it’s a v. expensive watch and it remains to be seen how popular it proves to be.
Omega could be playing a clever marketing game here, if supplies are limited and the hype pushes prices well above retail, they’ll be playing the Rolex game.
I’d take a punt on this and do my best to obtain one, but unless I really fell for the watch the motive would be profit.....rightly ir wrongly. I’m done with moralising over this, if you can’t beat ‘em join ‘em and get your snout in the trough.
I’m up to my eyeballs in a house project this year, I need every £ I can get, so I won’t take the risk......but it’s a very appealing watch.